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Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Today we're talking about Adult Swim's iconic show Robot Chicken - what does it mean to us grown kids? Is the art of playing GI Joe for a living difficult? And hey, aren't they putting out their holiday special this Sunday December 6th? Why yes, yes they are! Grim Shea chats with co-creator Matthew Senreich and Emmy-winning director/writer Zeb Wellsabout all this and more, so hurry on over to this side of the road in order to join us!Hosted by Grim Shea and Mark E. Follow us on Twitter @stayclassysdccand check out the site for links, archived episodes, nerdy news and more -- such as this contest-finalist gem right here!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week Grim and Mark E devote the whole show to a new theme we call That One Guy!, which honors those actors from your favorite movies and TV shows growing up, whose name you can't quite think of right nowbut you know who we mean... uh, you know... that one guy!  We break in this new format with the one and only Michael Ironside (you know, he's that one guy from Top Gun, that one guy from Total Recall, that one guy from Splinter Cell, that one guy from V, that one guy from Scanners, that one guy from Terminator Salvation, that one guy from freakin' EVERYTHING!!), featuring Grim's interview with the man himself about everything from his TV days to how he helped shape video games as we now know them, and right up to his latest role in the V

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week Matty P Presents: Saturday Morning Cereal goes primetime with our special Unboxing The Wonder Years Complete Series On DVD Episode, because the TV wasn't only on during Saturday mornings! Walk down the ultimate GenX/Baby Boomer memory lane with us as we talk to our guests Kevin's Dad (accomplished actor Dan Lauria) and The Wonder Years showrunner Bob Brush, and we unbox this long awaitedDVD release along with the bittersweet memories (plus 23 hours of bonus extras!) that come with it. To celebrate the release, we're also giving away one copy of the The Wonder Years Complete Series on DVD and The Wonder Years Season 1 DVDs to some of of you lucky listeners.  Details are at the end of the show, no purchase necessary. PS, I still love

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Grim is on his annual mission to get Mark excited about Adult Swim's new fall premieres, in this case it's Squidbillies' eighth season and the brand new series Mr. Pickles. We talk to Squidbillies creators Dave Willis and Jim Fortier about the show and the phenomenon that is Adult Swim, plus the creators of Mr. Pickles, Will Carsola and Dave Stewart. And as if that weren't enough, we also chat with Mr. Pickles castmembers Jay Johnston (Mr. Show, Arrested Development), Frank Collison (My Name Is Earl, O Brother Where Art Thou), and Kaitlyn Robrock (Golan The Insatiable)! Listen now and watch the new episodes on [adult swim] Sunday, September 21st!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we discuss all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle on the 30th anniversary of these Heroes In A Halfshell. We talk to Evan Daugherty, screenwriter for the new Michael Bay Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles blockbuster reboot (in theaters now!), and to Randall Lobb, the writer and director of Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (new on DVD this week!), and we realize that we're all getting older... Hosted by Grim Shea and Marke. @StayClassySDCC www.mattypradio.com

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us at a special time on a special day for this special episode: our San Diego Comic Con 2014 Spectacular! Hosted by Grim Shea and Marke. plus Special Guest Host Slick McFavorite of Openyourtoys.com, we take you into the practical side of con attendance, all the way from how to plan your panels to the medicinal value of vodka in waterbottles and beyond. It makes the perfect podcast for anyone about to take a long road trip to the Gaslamp District this week (look for us on iTunes after the broadcast)! Featuring a cavalcade of stars including Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Nobility), Cas Anvar (Nobility, Assassin's Creed), Adrienne Wilkinson (Xena Warrior Princess, Nobility, Star Wars: The Force Unleased), Miracle Laurie (Dollhouse, Nobility) E

Take some time to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week for a fresh new look at Nobility, the anticipated upcoming space opera series which gets its first official reveal at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. We’ve been excited for it ever since we first talked to creator E.J. De La Pena last fall, and we’re happy to welcome him back on the show as we try to weasel some new tidbits from him and many others from the cast, including Adrienne Wilkinson (Xena Warrior Princess, the Star Wars Force Unleashed videogame series, Star Trek Renegades), Cas Anvar (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Assassin’s Creed), Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, Pan’s Labyrinth, Falling Skies), Miracle Laurie (Dollhouse, The Scenic Route), and… drumroll, please!… none other than

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we welcome Thundershorts.com into the digital world. What is Thundershorts.com, you ask? Aside from being a brand-spanking-new website for several new high quality comedy short-form series (featuring such talent as Michael Showalter, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Gabe Delahaye, Dave Attell, Zandy Hartig, Judy Gold, Jim Norton, etc etc!), it might also be the future of television out on the everchanging horizon of modern entertainment. Or not. We talk about these heady issues with our guests: Thundershorts head of development, Michael Pielocik (SnagFilms.com, Onion News Network), renowned New York comedian and creator of the Teacher’s Lounge web series, Ted Alexandro (Louie, Inside Amy Schumer), plus Rabbit Taskmaster and co

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we celebrate the return of TNT and Steven Spielberg's hit show Falling Skies, this Sunday night June 22. Mark E walks us through what we may have missed and what we can expect with WonderCon round table interviews from many of the show's stars, including Doug Jones (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth), Sarah Carter (Final Destination 2, Smallville), Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation, Eight Below), Seychelle Gabriel (The Last Airbender, The Spirit), and an exclusive interview with Connor Jessup. Heads up, Chicken Little. - Hosted by Grim Shea and Marke. @StayClassySDCC MattyPradio.com

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This morning we wonder what some people have against fangirls, we talk to our old friend Dr. Travis Langley, PhD (author of Batman and Psychology, A Dark and Stormy Knight), and - drumroll please - we finally share the entire uncut Lee Meriwether (Miss America 1955, the original silverscreen Catwoman, and a long celebrated career of film, TV, and stage) interview!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we celebrate all the underappreciated showrunners, from JJ Abrams to Ronald D. Moore to Tina Fey to Chris Carter to Vince Gilligan to Carl Reiner, or at least as we try to vaguely define their crucial behind-the-scenes role. Coming to our rescue is documentarian Des Doyle, whose upcome 'Showrunners The Movie' delves deep into this world on behalf of us TV fans, plus special guest real-life showrunner Hilary Winston (CBS's 'Bad Teacher')!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we talk fondly about good B movies and campy television, from Plan 9 to Batman The Series to Monsters to Sharknado to our new favorite, Slient But Deadly (now out on DVD and coming soon to Netflix!). We talk to the movie's director/co-writer/co-producer/co-star Jason Lockhart (The Casting Couch) and, yet again, to Jacqui Holland, who happens to be the movie's co-writer/co-producer/co-star as well, about their baby. Also, a small taste of our long interview with living legend Lee Meriwether (the silver screen's original Catwoman!) about her experiences on the Silent But Deadly set.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Tune in on a special day and time for The Saturday Morning Cereal WonderCon 2014 Preview this week, featuring guest contributor Slick McFavorite (openyourtoys.com), co-host of the Open Your Toys podcast and con afficianado, who joins us during his drive back from last weekend's JoeCon in Dallas, TX. He and our resident ComicCon correspondent, the one and only Mark.e, will fill you in on what you can see, what you can get, and how you can survive at the upcoming WonderCon in Anaheim, April 18-20. We also chat with actress Jacqui Holland (Silent But Deadly), author Dan Jolley (Terminator: The Enemy of my Enemy), and journalist Dan Casey (nerdist.com).

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us as we talk to writer director Enid Zentelis about her new movie Bottled Up, available now on iTunes, Amazon, VOD, and theaters in select cities. We also fail to solve the gender equality debate in Hollywood, but not for lack of effort from our other guests Dan Casey (associate editor of Nerdist News), Dean Haglund (The X-Files, The Ladykillers), and Jacqui Holland (Silent But Deadly, My Best Friend's Girl).

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we discuss the new Batman documentary “Legends of the Knight” with director Brett Culp, journalist Jill Pantozzi (TheMarySue.com), and psychology professor/author/superheroist Dr. Travis Langley PhD (“Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight”).  

As we get the first new episode of 2014 ready for consumption, pass the time with this oldish gem and take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we talk about the “cartoons for grown ups” phenomenon and continue our Adult Swim fascination with a look at China, IL. We talk to star Gary Anthony Williams, and creators-writers-producers-actors-songwriters Brad Neely and Daniel Weidenfeld.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the 'toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we talk about the Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network and speak with some of the people behind one of their biggest hits, "Eagleheart" starring the one and only Chris Elliot. We get real and geeky with actress Maria Thayer (Strangers With Candy, 30 Rock, Arrested Development), producer Jason Woliner (Human Giant), and writer Andrew Weinberg (Late Night with Conan O'Brien), plus what's the deal with Adult Swim anyway?

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we talk about the "cartoons for grown ups" phenomenon and continue our Adult Swim fascination with a look at China, IL. We talk to star Gary Anthony Williams, and creators-writers-producers-actors-songwriters Brad Neely and Daniel Weidenfeld.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the 'toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. Join us this week as we talk about the Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network and speak with some of the people behind one of their biggest hits, "Eagleheart" starring the one and only Chris Elliot. We get real and geeky with actress Maria Thayer (Strangers With Candy, 30 Rock, Arrested Development), producer Jason Woliner (Human Giant), and writer Andrew Weinberg (Late Night with Conan O'Brien), plus what's the deal with Adult Swim anyway?

Join us this week on Matty P Presents Saturday Morning Cereal, where we talk to some of the stars and the creator of the upcoming sci-fi dramedy "Nobility." We sit down with Cas Anvar, James Kyson, and EJ De La Pena, all of whom can also be seen today in person at Comikaze 2013, November 2 @ 12:30 in room 308 AB, just in case you're in the Los Angeles area.